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Asus P7H55-M PRO User Manual

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Chapter 2: Hardware information

Chapter

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2.4

System memory

2.4.1

Overview

The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual In-line Memory Modules
(DIMM) sockets.

A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR2 DIMM but is notched
differently to prevent installation on a DDR2 DIMM socket. DDR3 modules are developed for
better performance with less power consumption.

The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:

Recommended memory configurations

One DIMM:
Install only one memory module in slot

A1 or B1 as a single-channel operation.

Four DIMMs (dual-channel operation):

Two DIMMs (dual-channel operation):